openssh bugs - Oct 2009 - [Bug 1660] New: ssh makes use of a shell which fails causing vista to open a failed program window

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1660

           Summary: ssh makes use of a shell which fails causing vista to
                    open a failed program window
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 5.1p1
          Platform: ix86
        OS/Version: Cygwin on NT/2k
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ssh
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: mcconkeyb at shaw.ca


I am running ssh in a cygwin shell in windows vista. When I use the X11
forwarding feature (either -x or -Y) it appears that ssh opens another
shell using sh.exe and uses this shell to run the xauth.exe program.
When this program returns it appears to be some type of a failed
condtion (not sure just assuming here). Then the sh.exe program stops
and closes. This causes vista to generate a "program has stopped
working" window and prompt. The same thing happens under XP,  but XP
does not create a user prompt, but instead just lets the sh.exe program
die unannounced. 

I am hoping that someone can change the way ssh deals with the closing
of the sh.exe shell to stop the windows user prompt from occuring. 

I have spent at least 12 hours searching for solutions to this problem
and have seen it reported several times, without a solution provided
(well at least not a useful solution). Just a lot of finger pointing
between cygwin, windows, and openssh.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |djm at mindrot.org
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WORKSFORME

--- Comment #1 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2009-10-21 21:41:49
EST ---
Sorry, but the bug tracking system is not a user support forum. I
suggest asking for help on one of the newsgroups or mailing lists that
exist to support Cygwin first. Failing that, you might want to try on
one of the SSH or OpenSSH mailing lists.

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--- Comment #2 from Brian McConkey <mcconkeyb at shaw.ca> 2009-10-22
09:14:52 EST ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Sorry, but the bug tracking system is not a user support forum. I
> suggest asking for help on one of the newsgroups or mailing lists that
> exist to support Cygwin first. Failing that, you might want to try on
> one of the SSH or OpenSSH mailing lists.
Ahh. If this is not a bug, then what should it be called? As for the
support forms, I have already tried that, as I described above.

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--- Comment #3 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2009-10-22 11:33:28
EST ---
It sounds like a Windows/Cygwin configuration issue to me. Did you ask
anyone on a Cygwin mailing list? If they can unambiguously tell us that
we are invoking the shell incorrectly then we can treat it as a bug.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #4 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2010-04-16 15:49:52
EST ---
Mass move of bugs RESOLVED->CLOSED following the release of
openssh-5.5p1

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